v. i.
v. t. & i. [ Cf. Slug, v. t. ] To hit hard, esp. with little attention to aim or the like, as in cricket or boxing; to slug. [ Cant or Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gael. sluagh-ghairm, i.e., an army cry; sluagh army + gairm a call, calling. ] The war cry, or gathering word, of a Highland clan in Scotland. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hard hitter; a slugger. [ Cant or Slang ] T. Hughes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Sluggish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Somnolence that is sloggy slumbering Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]